Trump is a CLOWN: 
He wants to kick Fox News further under the bus!!
He wants to kick Fox News further under the bus!!
Trump says the best way for Fox to win their trial where they are being sued for lying about the election is to lie about the election even more.
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Of course Murdoch wants his Fox Lies Network (fLIES Network) to settle out of Court so that it should then be less of an embarrassment:
āIt avoids a public grillingā: why Murdoch could settle Dominionās Fox News lawsuit
Rupert Murdochās push to try to bury a landmark defamation case against Fox News aims to avoid further damage to his media empireās reputation ā and protect the 92-year-old from a gruelling court appearance as he formulates succession plans.
Judge Eric M Davis moved on Sunday to delay the start of the $1.6bn (Ā£1.3bn) defamation trial between Fox Corporation and Dominion, which has alleged Fox News repeatedly broadcast false claims that its voting machines were rigged, amid reports of a settlement.
However, the following day Davis confirmed the six-week trial would begin a day later than planned, with jury selection starting on Tuesday, after talks between the parties failed ā for now at least.
Nevertheless, a settlement deal could yet be brokered at any time, with a possible price tag mooted at about $500m less of a thorny issue than Dominionās demand for a public apology from Fox.
āAny settlement will be very generous but the [Murdoch] empire can take and absorb such a shock; it has paid out more than $1bn over the last decade relating to phone hacking,ā says Claire Enders, a co-founder of Enders Analysis and a longtime Murdoch watcher.
āMurdoch is someone who settles, quickly, efficiently and is extremely pragmatic in his settlements. Shareholders would find it a relief [but] it also spares a desire to put Mr Murdoch and others on the stand, de-risking any potential embarrassment from a public grilling.ā
Murdoch is chairman of Fox Corporation, the parent of the rightwing Fox News network, while his eldest son Lachlan holds the role of executive chairman and chief executive. Other high-profile Fox presenters who had been expected to testify in person included its star host, Tucker Carlson, and Sean Hannity, a close non-official adviser to Trump.
Davis has previously warned the networkās attorneys not to make him ālook like an idiotā in their efforts to keep the nonagenarian off the stand.
The judge, who said he had previously received a letter stating that Murdoch could not travel to the trial in Delaware because of Covid, said the mogulās announcement that he was engaged to be married for a fifth time (since called off) with plans to travel between his homes in Los Angeles, Montana, New York and London show that āheās hardly infirmā.
The case, along with another less well-publicised $2.7bn defamation suit by the voting machine company Smartmatic, stands in the way of a long-held ambition to reunite his TV and newspaper empires.
In January, Murdoch abandoned plans to reunite Fox with News Corp ā the newspaper group home to the Times, Sun, Wall Street Journal and the Australian ā a little over a decade after splitting his media empire in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal.
Shareholders on both sides had balked at the plan, with issues including the outstanding court cases facing Fox as well as ongoing exposure to phone-hacking legal action at News Corp.
āIt certainly would be devastating if Fox lost in court, as accusations of electoral rigging are obviously incredibly serious,ā says Chris Hutchings, a partner at the law firm Hamlins. āA settlement would avoid further evidence being aired in court which could seriously damage the reputation not only of Fox but of the whole Murdoch empire.ā
The case has been positioned as the most important test of US defamation law in a generation, which could curb the freewheeling and controversial style of broadcasting that has made Fox the most-popular news network and a $3bn-plus profit engine for Murdoch.
Davis has already concluded that Fox News and Fox Business did broadcast false claimed about election-rigging, but American media organisations are highly protected under the US constitutionās first amendment, which requires Dominion to prove Fox employees acted with āmaliceā in airing the unsubstantiated claims.
However, some analysts believe that the pre-trial stage of the case has already set a fresh precedent for US news coverage, even before the scheduled six-week court battle in front of a 12-person jury.
āWhat applies to Fox applies to other media organisations,ā says Alice Enders, another co-founder of Enders Analysis. āThe pre-trial determination has been seismic. The judge has been clear already saying that Fox knowingly broadcast falsehoods. What we have seen serves as a real warning to other outlets looking to pursue a hard line. It sets a new bar for talk TV in the US in terms of what can or canāt be said by presenters.ā
www.theguardian.com
āIt avoids a public grillingā: why Murdoch could settle Dominionās Fox News lawsuit
Rupert Murdochās push to try to bury a landmark defamation case against Fox News aims to avoid further damage to his media empireās reputation ā and protect the 92-year-old from a gruelling court appearance as he formulates succession plans.
Judge Eric M Davis moved on Sunday to delay the start of the $1.6bn (Ā£1.3bn) defamation trial between Fox Corporation and Dominion, which has alleged Fox News repeatedly broadcast false claims that its voting machines were rigged, amid reports of a settlement.
However, the following day Davis confirmed the six-week trial would begin a day later than planned, with jury selection starting on Tuesday, after talks between the parties failed ā for now at least.
Nevertheless, a settlement deal could yet be brokered at any time, with a possible price tag mooted at about $500m less of a thorny issue than Dominionās demand for a public apology from Fox.
āAny settlement will be very generous but the [Murdoch] empire can take and absorb such a shock; it has paid out more than $1bn over the last decade relating to phone hacking,ā says Claire Enders, a co-founder of Enders Analysis and a longtime Murdoch watcher.
āMurdoch is someone who settles, quickly, efficiently and is extremely pragmatic in his settlements. Shareholders would find it a relief [but] it also spares a desire to put Mr Murdoch and others on the stand, de-risking any potential embarrassment from a public grilling.ā
Murdoch is chairman of Fox Corporation, the parent of the rightwing Fox News network, while his eldest son Lachlan holds the role of executive chairman and chief executive. Other high-profile Fox presenters who had been expected to testify in person included its star host, Tucker Carlson, and Sean Hannity, a close non-official adviser to Trump.
Davis has previously warned the networkās attorneys not to make him ālook like an idiotā in their efforts to keep the nonagenarian off the stand.
The judge, who said he had previously received a letter stating that Murdoch could not travel to the trial in Delaware because of Covid, said the mogulās announcement that he was engaged to be married for a fifth time (since called off) with plans to travel between his homes in Los Angeles, Montana, New York and London show that āheās hardly infirmā.
The case, along with another less well-publicised $2.7bn defamation suit by the voting machine company Smartmatic, stands in the way of a long-held ambition to reunite his TV and newspaper empires.
In January, Murdoch abandoned plans to reunite Fox with News Corp ā the newspaper group home to the Times, Sun, Wall Street Journal and the Australian ā a little over a decade after splitting his media empire in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal.
Shareholders on both sides had balked at the plan, with issues including the outstanding court cases facing Fox as well as ongoing exposure to phone-hacking legal action at News Corp.
āIt certainly would be devastating if Fox lost in court, as accusations of electoral rigging are obviously incredibly serious,ā says Chris Hutchings, a partner at the law firm Hamlins. āA settlement would avoid further evidence being aired in court which could seriously damage the reputation not only of Fox but of the whole Murdoch empire.ā
The case has been positioned as the most important test of US defamation law in a generation, which could curb the freewheeling and controversial style of broadcasting that has made Fox the most-popular news network and a $3bn-plus profit engine for Murdoch.
Davis has already concluded that Fox News and Fox Business did broadcast false claimed about election-rigging, but American media organisations are highly protected under the US constitutionās first amendment, which requires Dominion to prove Fox employees acted with āmaliceā in airing the unsubstantiated claims.
However, some analysts believe that the pre-trial stage of the case has already set a fresh precedent for US news coverage, even before the scheduled six-week court battle in front of a 12-person jury.
āWhat applies to Fox applies to other media organisations,ā says Alice Enders, another co-founder of Enders Analysis. āThe pre-trial determination has been seismic. The judge has been clear already saying that Fox knowingly broadcast falsehoods. What we have seen serves as a real warning to other outlets looking to pursue a hard line. It sets a new bar for talk TV in the US in terms of what can or canāt be said by presenters.ā
āIt avoids a public grillingā: why Murdoch could settle Dominionās Fox News lawsuit
Defamation trial threatens billionaireās reputation ā as well as ambition to reunite TV and newspaper empires
www.theguardian.com
Fox settles at the last minute for $787.5million
So the lies continue and they won't have to admit fault. Just another way american justice system is so fucked up. If dominion had any conscience at all they wouldn't have settled and let it play out in the media so that everybody know what liars fox news 0is
It has nothing to do with the justice system. This was a civil dispute which was settled by the parties. They were fighting about money and Fox paid. Not more complicated than that.
You need to be a complete idiot and moron not to think Fox paid because they lied all the way.
Fox is not a news channel its a propaganda machine to make money out of the american idiots.
Today it cost them 787 millions to save faces.
Money that goes to a canadian based company
There is still about $3billion worth of defamation lawsuits against Fox News on the docket.
$787.5billion is quite the admission of fault.
Dominion was only valued at about $80million prior to Fox admission of guilt. There were 12 jurors on the panel. Though the evidence was overwhelming, all it would've taken was one solo, MAGA-esque juror to scuttle a Dominion win.
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Statement from Fox fake news: "This settlement represents FOX's continued commitment to the highest journalistic standards."
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA!!
I laughed harder at this nonsense even more than dumb Donald's "injecting disinfectants into body."
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA!!
I laughed harder at this nonsense even more than dumb Donald's "injecting disinfectants into body."
I have full trust that they will be able to conveniently ignore/forget/twist and misinterpret and continue on their filthy path as if nothing happened
Of course that is why they paid but that is not an indictment of the justice system that is an indictment of Fox.You need to be a complete idiot and moron not to think Fox paid because they lied all the way.
Fox is not a news channel its a propaganda machine to make money out of the american idiots.
Today it cost them 787 millions to save faces.
Money that goes to a canadian based company
The millions of Faux Spews junkies and crackheads are completely unaware of said lawsuit, said award and said "Fox admission of lying to their audience" for the simple reason that Fox has not aired even 0.000001 millisecond of coverage to it.
"Keepin' em dumb, deaf and blind and perpetually and eternally lied to and hoodwinked with industry leading, absolute zero integrity, ethics and morals" - Fox News, Mission Statement
Mitch, Kirky, Orry and JC will just keep on as they have always done. It will have no impact on them. They will still quote Tucker, Ingraham and Hannity and passionately insist that they are always 100% correct.
It's a cult.
And you will still argue with them pretending that they have working brains
Not admitting fault? They stated some of the information was false. Did you want them to admit they intentionally broadcast fake information because they are part of the evil empire? They got the vindication they wanted. You were expecting a confession like Perry Mason?
Sure it will have a big impact.
They'll communicate through telegram and whatsapp internally.
No texts, no emails.....
